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MODULE-5 Shatkarma

Yogic Practices
After Kunjal kriya one should eat Khichadi with ghee.

Do not use chilly-spices on the day of completion of Kunjal Kriya.
Method:

1) Sit in Kagasana.

2) Drink lukewarm saline water one by one glass continuously until the feeling
Note of vomiting starts. That means when one cannot drink water anymore.
3) Then stand up and bend forward from the waist.

4) Then open the mouth and start rubbing root of the tongue by three fingers
of the right hand.

5) At the beginning of the practice the water can come in small quantity but
after repeat touching the root of the tongue, vomit starts. After long time
practice, vomit starts without putting fingers at the root of the tongue.
6) This kriya should be done once a week.

Benefits:
Kunjal Kriya is useful for maintaining the health of a healthy person.

It is useful to clear the acidity of the stomach.

Asthma patients also get relief from its practice.
It removes the foul smell of the breath and the phlegm of the throat.
Precautions:

Persons suffering from hypertension, stomach ulcers and cardiovascular
diseases should not practice it.

DO YOU KNOW?

How to prepare water for cleansing practice and what should be the
temperature of lukewarm water?

Take boiled water or heat sterile water to that extent so that the water becomes
lukewarm. To check the temperature of the water pour some water on the back
of the palm. It should be bearable to the skin.

• How much salt is to be added to make saline water?

Add the sufficient quantity of rock salt to the lukewarm water so that the taste of
water becomes similar to the taste of tears.

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